Monday, November 30, 2015

Thanksgiving Part Two and Hiking by the Wisconsin River

I hope my readers had a great weekend. I had a pretty good
one myself. Friday evening Richard Bonomo and I had fish fry at the Fountain,
then The Dairyman’s Daughter and I went to see the Vienna Boys’ Choir perform
at the Overture Center. A surprising number of people had brought very tiny
children, and The Dairyman’s Daughter wondered why they couldn’t find sitters,
but I thought maybe they were misguided enough to think that toddlers would be
interested in a boys’ choir. Several people had to take screaming or fussing
kids out of the hall. The boys did very familiar pieces, except for my
favorite, “Ave Verum Corpus” by Poulenc. To our surprise, we ran into Tiffy and
some of her family members there, so she and I agreed that we would see a movie
together the next day.

Saturday morning Travalon had to work, so I met Rich,
Luxuli, and another woman for coffee. Tiffy joined Rich and me for lunch at
Himal Chuli’s, her favorite restaurant, then in the late afternoon she,
Travalon, and I went to the final Hunger
Games movie, which seems as if it would be very confusing if you hadn’t
read the book. Travalon and I checked out a customer appreciation party at the
Nau-Ti-Gal, then we joined Rich, Kathbert, Luxuli, and Prairie Man for
Thanksgiving Part Two at Rich’s house.

Sunday I had been thinking of going to a Baroque music
concert, but I forgot all about it and went to Sauk City with Travalon and
Rodney. We took a hike on a trail along the Wisconsin River, then we stopped
into the Blue Spoon Diner for some coffee to warm up, and then we drove to
Ferry Bluff, but it is closed this time of year due to the bald eagles
breeding. Actually, nobody is there to stop you, and there is no gate up, but
there were signs, so we decided to be good citizens and obey them. We stopped
into our favorite resort on Crystal Lake, and then we checked out That BBQ Joint
for dinner. Warning: the spicy slaw is REALLY hot! It’s like one-third jalapeno
peppers. The restaurant is on Willy Street, which Travalon says is the craziest
street in the state, and we saw some interesting characters come in to get
barbeque. Why not, it’s great food for a reasonable price. Then we picked up
some stuff at the Willy Street Co-op, another place full of interesting
characters. I once saw a guy in a giraffe costume there! Finally we headed home
and watched Downton Abbey episodes
for the first time in days. I am trying to get caught up before the new season
starts, and we’re almost done with Season Three so we only have one more season to go.

About Me

I am a third-hand gift, a straw hat with a wide brim. I used to have natural and navy stripes, but after much time in the sun, the navy ones have faded to a sort of chocolatey tone. The big blue flower around the brim was my wearer's own touch.